The cancer guide how to nurture wellbeing through and beyond a cancer diagnosis

"The Cancer Guide is a definitive and inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family and work colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its treatment. With over forty years' worth of experience to her name, O'Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity an...

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Main Author: O'Dwyer, Anne-Marie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
Edition:First Rowman & Littlefield edition.
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Summary:"The Cancer Guide is a definitive and inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family and work colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its treatment. With over forty years' worth of experience to her name, O'Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity and clarity, helping to combat the myths and misinformation surrounding the disease in an age of information overload. Adopting an integrated biological and psychological perspective, O'Dwyer highlights the person at the heart of every treatment, providing helpful advice and shared experiences that are able to destigmatize the shame, fear and denial faced by those affected by cancer. The Cancer Guide is an empowering and informative book for all those whose lives and loved ones have been touched by cancer."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes index.
Originally published in 2024 by Bedford Square Publishers Ltd., London, UK.
Physical Description:viii, 187 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781538199237
1538199238
Author Notes:Anne-Marie O'Dwyer is a clinical professor at Trinity College Dublin and a psychiatrist with almost four decades of clinical experience. In 2004, she co-founded the first dedicated psycho-oncology service in Ireland, develoing a blueprint for such service nationally.